Stroke text

[Mischback]

I want stroke text, which is no part of Sphinx by default!

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Resources

• https://github.com/sphinx-notes/strike
  • this is - more or less - a ready-to-use extension
  • Problem: it uses a <span> element (and the corresponding styling) intead of the (desired) (semantic) elements (<s> / <del>)

[Mischback]

Desired HTML output

Strikethrough elements are using <s>. This element has some accessibility concerns that may be covered using CSS.

It is not really a semantic element, and my intended usage for this is more of an ironic nature. However, I do want this.

Also relevant

While <s> is a (pure) formatting element, there is also the <del> which offers the possibility to add more semantic meaning (e.g. while updating an existing article with new facts that make some of the article's content obsolete).